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What can two guys who started a podcast to obsess about sports add to a book about being obsessed with sports? Apparently, that obsession can get a lot weirder than they thought! Join the Sports Literati as they dive into this book about being addicted to the Arsenal F.C. regular season... even on their bad years. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

Sports gambling addiction has become an epidemic in North America, and is showing no signs of stopping its growth. In this episode of Sports Literati, we lament the prominence of gambling in today’s sports landscape and the way our favorite sports have changed. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

In this episode, the Sports Literati discuss the simple-titled book, Football, by Chuck Klosterman. The discussion then turns to the differences between the NFL and the CFL as well as to rugby, eventually veering to the intricacies of American culture in general. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

It’s time for another episode of Sports Literati, this time on Sean Pronger’s book, Journeyman, which goes over his career in the National Hockey League as a “guy on the fourth line,” one of those players that constantly needs to prove himself in order to stay on the team. The Sports Literati reflect on his relationship with his brother, a more successful NHL player, and the wit Pronger displays on the page. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

In this week’s episode, the Sports Literati mourn last year’s devastating Blue Jays World Series loss while they discuss Joe Posnanski’s book on the history of baseball. They also discuss whether they could write their own “50 Moments” book — on college basketball or American football. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

This week, the Sports Literati take a look at one of the books that originated Dave’s obsession with sports books — A Season on the Brink by John Feinstein. This classic in the sports genre deals with Bob Knight’s leadership of Indiana’s college basketball team, his short temper, and his successes as well as his failures. Check out Dave’s Substack for more! https://davidmhsu.substack.com/

The Sports Literati convene to discuss Premiership soccer through Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg's book about the history of the economics of the Premiership. They take a look at the business of premiere league football and how English soccer transformed itself in the early 90s from the unruly days of English hooliganism to one of the most polished, dominant leagues in all of sports. Music: Sergei Rachmanioff Prelude in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 32 performed by Justina Sam.

This week, in a special collaboration with Medhum.org, The Sports Literati sit down and discuss The Tennis Partner, a masterpiece of medical humanities that just happened to be a sports book!

This month, the Sports Literati convene to discuss Arnold Schwarzneggar's classic sports memoir about his early days as a bodybuilder and his quest to go from Mr. Universe to Hollywood.

This month, the Sports Literati sit down to ponder and ruminate over one of the most high brow, intellectual books they have ever read. Okay, maybe not. But it just might be one of the most fun books they've ever read.

This month on the Sports Literati, we get out of our comfort zone and test our range by reading David Epstein's ideas about the power of diverse groups and why early specialization might not be great for children.

The Sports Literati reconvene to talk about the beautiful game, through the lens of Franklin Foer's classic soccer book How Soccer Explains the World, first published in 2004.

The Sports Literati revisits one of the seminal sports books of the 1990s: The Jordan Rules by Sam Smith. A close examination of the 1990-91 Chicago Bulls, we talk about an up and coming Michael Jordan and how misery just might breed success.

The Sports Literati convene to discuss how the United States 8 man crew rose from the depths of the Great Depression to take down the big, bad Nazis at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

The Sports Literati enter the world of mixed martial arts for the first time, as they dissect the memoir of Rickson Gracie, the undefeated legend of Brazilian Jujitsu.